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Census Tract 22.04, Buncombe, NC

9,230 Population
6.4 square miles 1,434.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47 ±10.5 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Asheville: 40.7 ±1.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Buncombe County: 42.6 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$66,835 ±$15,516 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Asheville: $45,430 ±$2,602
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Buncombe County: $43,371 ±$1,377
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$74,137 ±$29,868 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Asheville: $71,102 ±$3,950
  • about the same as the amount in Buncombe County: $74,436 ±$2,206
  • about the same as the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

11.2% ±5.8% (1,014  ±546) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Asheville: 14.3% † 13,011 (±1.8% / ±1,665)
  • a little less than the rate in Buncombe County: 11.8% 31,661 (±0.9% / ±2,348)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

17.7 minutes ±1.6 (65,440  ±19,116) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Asheville: 18.2 693,840 (±0.3 / ±36,041)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Buncombe County: 21.1 2,246,930 (±0.2 / ±62,673)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

3,831 ±533 Number of households
  • Asheville: 37,394 ±1,238
  • Buncombe County: 101,855 ±2,041
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2.4 ±0.2 (9,108  ±1,461) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Asheville: 2.4 90,934 (±0.1 / ±56)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Buncombe County: 2.6 266,975 (±0.1 / ±79)
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

5,365 ±536 Number of housing units
  • Asheville: 50,034 ±941
  • Buncombe County: 134,483 ±159
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$793,100 ±$171,575 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • nearly double the amount in Asheville: $440,000 ±$13,277
  • about double the amount in Buncombe County: $391,800 ±$8,308
  • more than double the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

17.4% ±5% (1,596  ±521.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Asheville: 15.6% † 14,632 (±1.6% / ±1,459)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Buncombe County: 11.3% 30,765 (±0.8% / ±2,065)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

98.2% ±21.8% (7,424  ±1,095.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Asheville: 94.1% 68,384 (±3% / ±2,485.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in Buncombe County: 92.6% 189,827 (±1.9% / ±3,936.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
63.9% ±1.1% (4,827  ±805.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Asheville: 53.4% 38,788 (±2.2% / ±1,739.9)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Buncombe County: 45.9% 94,094 (±1.3% / ±2,725.8)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

7.2% ±3.4% (660  ±331) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in Asheville: 7% † 6,638 (±1.3% / ±1,237)
  • a little higher than the rate in Buncombe County: 6.8% 18,510
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

6.1% ±2.9% (497  ±250) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Asheville: 5.6% † 4,529 (±0.8% / ±624)
  • a little less than the rate in Buncombe County: 6.3% 14,160 (±0.4% / ±982)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
497 Total veterans ±250 494 Male ±250 3 Female ±6

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